'Selma' filming to cause several downtown street closures in Montgomery on Thursday, Friday

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- "Selma" will begin filming in Montgomery Thursday, causing several downtown street closures near the Alabama State Capitol.

The film stars David Oyelowo as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and it culminates with the historic Selma-to-Montgomery march that eventually led President Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The movie, which has filmed in Selma all week, is expected to shoot a pivotal scene where King leads demonstrators down Dexter Avenue on Thursday and Friday.